Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresMar 31, 2019

FinalSunday, Mar 31, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	3	1	0	4		CBJ	13	11	12	36
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	12	13	13	38

: CBJ 53BUF 57
: CBJ 4.04BUF 2.93
PP goals: CBJ 0BUF 0
Hits: CBJ 16BUF 16
Blocks: CBJ 11BUF 5
PIM: CBJ 2BUF 4
: CBJ 54%BUF 46%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at BUF. Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF scored 0 goals on 2.93 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:17.Dubois
Points
Nick Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:00.Foligno
Points
Ryan Dzingel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:32.Dzingel
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.93 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Rodrigues skated 15:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Skinner Rodrigues
Goalie
Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) faced 38 shots and stopped 38 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 28.3; the win.Bobrovsky
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +5 against a season average of 31.0; the loss.Ullmark
Usage
Seth Jones (CBJ) played 20:09, −5:45 down on his 25:54 season average over 74 games.Jones

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · BUF 57 · CBJ 53

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 41% of the game, BUF 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	BUF
	58	66
	4.56	3.30
	4.26	3.23
	16	10
	4	4
	13	11
	+0.030	−0.030
	41%	30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Dubinsky – Foligno – Nash
14:0533% CF
L2Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg
12:0548% CF
L3Atkinson – Duchene – Panarin
11:4328% CF
L4Dzingel – Anderson – Dubois
10:5363% CF
D1Savard – Nutivaara
20:0932% CF
D2Harrington – Kukan
15:2350% CF
D3Jones – Werenski
15:1152% CF

PP1Atkinson – Duchene – Jones – Wennberg – Panarin
1:15100% CF
PP2Foligno – Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Dubois
0:45100% CF
PK1FJenner – Anderson
0:18
PK1DHarrington – Jones
0:18

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
15:5072% CF
L2Okposo – Skinner – Rodrigues
15:0665% CF
L3Wilson – Sheary – Mittelstadt
11:2756% CF
L4Larsson – Girgensons – Nylander
6:4115% CF
D1McCabe – Montour
17:1447% CF
D2Borgen – Dahlin
16:0750% CF
D3Nelson – Pilut
13:5640% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
0:18100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Wilson
1:30
PK2FEichel – Rodrigues
0:44
PK1DMcCabe – Borgen
0:44
PK2DNelson – Pilut
0:44

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:14
CBJPierre-Luc Dubois (Seth Jones, Zach Werenski)deflected0.11 xG
CBJ: Dzingel, Anderson, Jones, Werenski, DuboisBUF: Larsson, Girgensons, Borgen, Nylander, Dahlin
CBJ 1 – 0 BUF
13:46
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nick Foligno)slap0.01 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Anderson, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, DuboisBUF: Larsson, Wilson, Nelson, Pilut
CBJ 2 – 0 BUF
17:47
CBJNick Foligno (Ryan Dzingel)wrap-around0.09 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Dzingel, Anderson, Jones, WerenskiBUF: Okposo, Sheary, Montour, Mittelstadt, Pilut
CBJ 3 – 0 BUF

2nd period

15:31
CBJJosh Anderson (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Ryan Dzingel)slap0.08 xG
CBJ: Dzingel, Anderson, Jones, Werenski, DuboisBUF: Larsson, Girgensons, Nelson, Nylander, Pilut
CBJ 4 – 0 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Foligno L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.42	3	0	0	17:00	—	—	42	59
Riley Nash C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	40	61
Brandon Dubinsky C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	6	0	0	16:07	—	—	42	60
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	54	85
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	54	85
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.81	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	52	76
Artemi Panarin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	32	28
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	30	28
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	30	27
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L4	1	2	3	+3	3	0.26	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	62	50
Josh Anderson R	L4	1	0	1	+4	3	0.96	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	72	69
Ryan Dzingel C	L4	0	2	2	+3	3	0.21	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	65	55
Markus Nutivaara D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:55	—	—	31	38
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	22:08	—	—	34	44
Dean Kukan D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	17:49	—	—	58	75
Scott Harrington D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0	17:09	—	—	50	72
Seth Jones D	D3	0	1	1	+3	3	0.07	1	1	0	20:09	—	—	58	68
Zach Werenski D	D3	0	1	1	+4	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	49	46

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	38	38	0	.1000	2.93	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	8	1.16	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	70	83
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	70	83
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	17:24	—	—	72	82
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	3	0.35	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	63	42
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	3	0.39	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	63	52
Kyle Okposo R	L2	-1	5	0.25	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	60	37
Conor Sheary L	L3	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	42	6
Scott Wilson C	L3	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	50	13
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	42	6
Johan Larsson L	L4	-3	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	14	6
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	-3	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:18	—	—	17	3
Alex Nylander L	L4	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:24	—	—	15	6
Brandon Montour D	D1	-1	7	0.41	3	3	0	22:48	—	—	58	53
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	20:45	—	—	49	34
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	20:49	—	—	56	37
Will Borgen D	D2	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	57	44
Casey Nelson D	D3	-2	2	0.07	3	1	0	18:50	—	—	55	48
Lawrence Pilut D	D3	-3	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	46	26

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	4.04	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.